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When every second counts
Stroke treated significantly faster and just as safely by medical residents
Feb. 24,
2009 -- Diagnosing acute stroke is a high-pressure decision. The speed with which treatment is delivered makes all the difference. Early treatment can stop brain damage, but if treatment is given inappropriately, it can dangerously increase the risk of bleeding in the brain. Because of this risk, the final decision to administer stroke treatment is usually reserved for neurologists or, in some cases, other attending physicians. But now researchers have shown that residents with appropriate training can safely make the call, ensuring that effective treatment is delivered faster.
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Worm's low-oxygen survival skills may aid stroke, heart attack patients
Worm provides clues about preventing damage caused by low-oxygen during stroke, heart attack
Jan. 29,
2009 -- Neurobiologists at the School of Medicine have identified pathways that allow microscopic worms to survive in a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, environment. They believe the finding could have implications for conditions such as stroke, heart attack and cancer. Sensitivity to low oxygen helps determine how damaging those medical conditions can be.
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Brain-computer interfaces may help move limbs
Brain implants may help stroke patients overcome partial paralysis
Nov. 11,
2008 -- Scientists have shown for the first time that neuroprosthetic brain implants may be able to help stroke patients with partial paralysis. Researchers found that implants known as brain-computer interfaces (BCI) may be able to detect activity on one side of the brain that is linked to hand and arm movements on the same side of the body. They hope to use these signals to guide motorized assistance mechanisms that restore mobility in partially paralyzed limbs.
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Breaking down strokes
Drugs for Parkinson's disease may ease stroke-related disability
April 11,
2007 -- Scientists have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, in the process revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson's disease. Researchers at the School of Medicine showed that stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect, a condition that makes patients slow to move toward the left side.
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Studying connections after brain injury
Stroke damage keeps brain regions from 'talking' to each other
March 14,
2007 -- Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have linked a common post-stroke disability to impaired communication between brain regions. In the March 15 issue of Neuron, researchers report a tight correlation between the degree to which communication was blocked and the severity of patients' symptoms.
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What's the matter with Grandpa?
Online book helps children understand the effects of stroke
March 12,
2007 --
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| An illustration from "When Grandpa Comes Home: A Story About Stroke," an online book that teaches children how to cope when a relative suffers a stroke |
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Speedy treatment is essential to saving lives and preventing brain damage during a stroke. But the rapid pace of events also can leave patients and family members confused about what has happened and what to expect. That's especially true for children whose parents or grandparents have a stroke. Now an online book is available to teach children about strokes at www.strokecenter.org/patients. More...
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Being in your right mind
"Big picture" of brain changes may be crucial to recovery from stroke injury
Oct. 16,
2005 -- A study of patients who have difficulty paying attention to the left side of their environment has provided some of the first direct evidence that brain injury can cause detrimental functional changes in brain regions far from the site of the actual injury.
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Spatial neglect
Brain networks may be key to odd attention deficit produced by some strokes
June 9,
2005 --
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| Among the areas activated by tasks designed to stimulate voluntary attention were the intraparietal sulcus and frontal eye fields, both believed to be part of a network of neurons called the dorsal attention system. |
The first direct analysis of the interactions between two brain networks that govern visual attention may help researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis develop treatments for stroke patients with a condition known as spatial neglect. These patients have difficulty focusing on or paying attention to stimuli in the left half of their visual field. They may forget to shave the left side of their face, fail to eat food on the left side of a plate or seem to be unaware that their left arm belongs to them. However, researchers have found that if they explicitly tell these people to pay attention to their left side, for a brief time they can do so.
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Better than warfarin?
New stroke-prevention drug may not be cost effective for all patients
Feb. 8,
2005 -- A new study has shown a stroke-prevention drug designed to be an improvement over prior treatments is less cost-effective for most patients than warfarin, the blood thinner with a 50-year history of helping prevent blood clots and strokes. The study, conducted by researchers at the School of Medicine found, however, that the new drug would be cost-effective for those atrial fibrillation patients whose risk of bleeding is high.
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Evidence replaces experience
Evidence-based approach to speech therapy introduced for stroke patients
Aug. 31,
2004 --
Approximately 1 million stroke victims suffer from a condition called aphasia, which can affect reading, writing, speaking or understanding speech. Generally, speech therapists rely on their own experience and intuition to determine treatment for these patients, but a multidisciplinary research team from the School of Medicine has developed a speech rehabilitation program using the same evidence-based approach used by physicians and surgeons.
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